Elections

Election Judges

​Responsibilities

Election judges have many responsibilities and perform several tasks on Election Day, including:

Opening the polling place in the morning and closing it at night

Setting up election equipment

Providing assistance to voters

Signing in voters

Verifying voter qualifications

Distributing ballots/activation cards for touch-screen machines

perating voting equipment

Filling out forms

Processing and transmitting votes at the end of the day

Certifying vote totals

Eligibility

To be eligible to serve as an election judge, you must be:

A U.S. citizen

A resident of Kane County

A registered voter

Able to speak, read and write English

Of good understanding and capable of performing duties

Candidates running for office and elected political party committeeperson​ are prohibited from serving as election judges.

Hours

Judges work long hours, arriving at the polling place at 5:00 am and working until the equipment is packed up after the polls close at 7 pm.

Compensation

After taking a 3 hour Certification training course a Certified Election Judge will then recieve $200 for the day.

Committment

Election judges are required to work the entire day. In addition, we would like you to commit to working all elections in a two year cycle (General Election, Consolidated Primary, Consolidated Election, General Primary)on judges are required to work the entire day. In addition, we would like you to commit to working all elections in a two year cycle (General Election, Consolidated Primary, Consolidated Election, General Primary)